variations

Synonyms

partita variant modification permutation fluctuation pastorale mutant magnetic declination magnetic variation concertino

Phrases with the word

theme and variations science that studies weather variations no variations

Examples

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his. Franz Liszt

There are infinitely many variations of the initial situation and therefore no doubt indefinitely many theorems of moral geometry. John Rawls

Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half. Jan Timman

Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune that has already been played innumerable times, movement by movement and measure by measure, with insignificant variations. Arthur Schopenhauer

Whenever the current of money is forcibly stopped, and when money is prevented from settling at its just level, there are no limits to the possible variations of the exchange. David Ricardo

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement. Dean Koontz